Btw OP, just as an aside, don't get mad at the person who cleaned this coin. You don't know what the circumstances were. I hear a lot of people...
Well, my answer to this is diversification. The most dangerous thing anyone can own is only one type of asset. Assets like stocks are priced...
...because showing a near sighted little man and his tiny little die cutting instruments do not make for a very interesting coin reverse? :)
Now there is a tough decision. :) My first was a Larissa bronze with a 3/4 facing head. I didn't know a thing about ancients, and overpaid for...
Almost always. We are the main exception to the whole "do not clean" thing. Almost all ancients have been cleaned, it is what it is. Now, you try...
My worry is what if dealers need to start more further discounting silver purchases due to this risk of counterfeits. What if all ASE and maple...
Fair enough Mike, i was just trying to illustrate that their may be a difference of opinion that was not based on being ill informed. ;) Chris
You see them pretty regularly, the thin pointed, curved hammers in mint making scenes. I wonder if the force required if striking such a small...
Does it ned conserved or just slabbed? If nothing is wrong with it, just send it to NGC or PCGS to be slabbed. No one needs to touch it.
Well my disagreement would be simply economics in coin collecting. I mean, TPG are paid well to give opinions on a coins grade. Just this action...
Grats on the Moneta. You are correct that they are very much popular. Makes sense, since we collect coins, it celebrates coins, etc. I have a few...
The CAC sticker is simply a way of "proving" a coin is good/high end for the grade. Its basically making "provable" dealer assertions that its a...
A coin that high of grade should have original luster. On your coin the luster has been removed by the harsh cleaning. See all of the line going...
Very true. I was not describing a normal occurence, but rather after a subpoena has been obtained. However, these are very easy to obtain and the...
Aren't they ALL to keep? :) Go gadget hoarder GO!
Ok, if medieval collectors like the OP grade their coins based upon modern grading systems then I wouldn't have a problem. I admitted I didn't...
The IRS has been known to get permission to examine SDB and vaults of dealers. The assumption is to build such a stock they had to have capital....
But its not. While the grades may be similar, there is one major discrepancy. US grading assumes you give a pass for weak strikes, worn dies, etc....
Nice collection. I admit I tend to like these. I like earlier Canadian, up until about 1950 or so. For some reason I have gotten a lot of pretty...
Good videos and info. You want to put an end to consumers buying PM, let a major news source broadcast how good the fakes are and see the...
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